Tag: life
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Managing Stress
Great reminder on how to manage stress by setting proper expectations for yourself, clients, or partners.
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Top 10 Lessons I Learned in July 2017
What a year of learning, growing, and implementing! Every month this year, I have been journaling the greatest insights and reminders I learn each day. Here are the Top 10 lessons I learned in July 2017. Let me know which ones resonate with you the most in the comments below. *Special thanks to Todd Duncan, who I had the joy of…
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Stop Being Busy and Be Present
If you are familiar with even some business development concepts, you may have heard people discuss the difference between being busy and being productive. It can be described as doing lots of things versus doing fewer of the right things. I’ve also heard it said that people who are constantly “busy” really are just pointing…
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Top 10 Lessons I Learned in June 2017
Every month since January, I have been journaling the greatest insights and reminders I learn each day. I can report, now that we are half way through 2017, I am very thankful I started this experiment. It’s given me a tool (my journal) that I can easily reference at any time for pages and pages…
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The Third Mistake in Trying to Win Business
Over and over I watch mortgage professionals sabotage their success, and their ability to grow their business. This is the final part of a 3-part series in which I’m exploring three fundamentals of human nature that are being ignored for the most part in the mortgage industry and how it leads to critical mistakes by…
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The Lesson of the Wishing Well
Your energy, time, and resources are limited. How you choose to spend these are completely up to you. That being said, you must learn to avoid the most common trap of the wishing well: The WISHING WELL is 25 holes, each dug 4-feet deep. On the other hand, the PROSPERITY WELL is one hole, dug…
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Top 10 Lessons I Learned in April 2017
Every month, I strive to learn and grow. I do it with intention and with purpose. My day starts with reading. Throughout my day I have great conversations with others. I listen to podcasts while driving and working out. And from all of this, I keep a running log of the many, many lessons I…
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The Second Mistake in Trying to Win Business
Over and over I witness mortgage professionals sabotage their own goals and potential success. This is a 3-part series to point out the natural human behaviors that are being ignored in trying to win business. If you missed the first mistake, click here to read and get caught up on this discussion. To introduce the…
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How Can You Have More Fun At Work?
Interesting question, eh? It was one that was posed to me recently, and it really got me thinking. How about you? In some ways, I make having fun a certainty at our company. Every 90 days we have a team outing to celebrate our progress over the past quarter. Teams are put together at the beginning of the year,…